harfa
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from Old High German harfa, from Proto-West Germanic *harpā.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɦarfa]
Noun
harfa f (relational adjective harfový)
- (music) harp (a musical instrument consisting of a body and a curved neck, strung with strings of varying length that are stroked or plucked with the fingers and are vertical to the soundboard when viewed from the end of the body)
Declension
Kashubian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle High German harpfe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxar.fa/
- Rhymes: -arfa
- Syllabification: har‧fa
Noun
harfa f (diminutive harfòwi)
- sifter
- (music) harp (a musical instrument consisting of a body and a curved neck, strung with strings of varying length that are stroked or plucked with the fingers and are vertical to the soundboard when viewed from the end of the body)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | harfa | harfë |
| genitive | harfë | harf/harfów |
| dative | harfie | harfóm |
| accusative | harfã | harfë |
| instrumental | harfą | harfama |
| locative | harfie | harfach |
| vocative | harfa/harfò | harfë |
Derived terms
verbs
- harfòwac impf
Further reading
- Stefan Ramułt (1893), “harfa”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 50
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “arfa”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[1], volume 1, page 35
- “(h)arfa”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
Polish
Alternative forms
- arfa (obsolete)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish arfa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxar.fa/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -arfa
- Syllabification: har‧fa
Noun
harfa f
- (music) harp (a musical instrument consisting of a body and a curved neck, strung with strings of varying length that are stroked or plucked with the fingers and are vertical to the soundboard when viewed from the end of the body)
Declension
Declension of harfa
Derived terms
Further reading
- harfa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- harfa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈharfa]
Noun
harfa f
- definite nominative/accusative singular of harfă
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Old High German harfa, from Proto-West Germanic *harpā.
Noun
hȃrfa f (Cyrillic spelling ха̑рфа)
- (music) harp (a musical instrument consisting of a body and a curved neck, strung with strings of varying length that are stroked or plucked with the fingers and are vertical to the soundboard when viewed from the end of the body)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | harfa | harfe |
| genitive | harfe | hȃrfā / hȃrfī |
| dative | harfi | harfama |
| accusative | harfu | harfe |
| vocative | harfo | harfe |
| locative | harfi | harfama |
| instrumental | harfom | harfama |
Slovak
Etymology
Derived from Old High German harfa, from Proto-West Germanic *harpā.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɦarfa]
Noun
harfa f (relational adjective harfový)
- (music) harp (a musical instrument consisting of a body and a curved neck, strung with strings of varying length that are stroked or plucked with the fingers and are vertical to the soundboard when viewed from the end of the body)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | harfa | harfy |
| genitive | harfy | hárf |
| dative | harfe | harfám |
| accusative | harfu | harfy |
| locative | harfe | harfách |
| instrumental | harfou | harfami |
Further reading
- “harfa”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025
Slovene
Etymology
From Old High German harfa, from Proto-West Germanic *harpā.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xáːrfa/
Noun
hȃrfa f
- (music) harp (a musical instrument consisting of a body and a curved neck, strung with strings of varying length that are stroked or plucked with the fingers and are vertical to the soundboard when viewed from the end of the body)
Declension
| Feminine, a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | hárfa | ||
| gen. sing. | hárfe | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
hárfa | hárfi | hárfe |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
hárfe | hárf | hárf |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
hárfi | hárfama | hárfam |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
hárfo | hárfi | hárfe |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
hárfi | hárfah | hárfah |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
hárfo | hárfama | hárfami |
Upper Sorbian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhaʀ.fa/
- Rhymes: -aʀfa
- Syllabification: har‧fa
Noun
harfa f (related adjective harfowy)
- (music) harp (a musical instrument consisting of a body and a curved neck, strung with strings of varying length that are stroked or plucked with the fingers and are vertical to the soundboard when viewed from the end of the body)
Declension
References
- “harfa” in Soblex